Advertising device.



B. COHEN. ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1912.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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' ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26,1912.

. Application filed May 6, 1912. Serial No. 695,411.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be 1t known that L'BENJAMLN COHEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of the'Bronx, city of New York, county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to advertising devices and, particularly to miniature rugs which are especially adapted for advertising purposes.

An objectof my invention is to produce a device of this sort which will be. an exact reproduction of a rug, and yet which may be manufactured at so little cost that it may be given away as an advertisement Without any considerable expense.

Still other objects and advantages of my invention will appear from the following description.

As is well known, rugs are generally woven in 'thefdesired design and pattern, and each rug 1s commonly woven separately,

v thus requiring a separate and complete operation for each individual rug. This method necessarily entails considerablelabor and time and expensive machinery, and consequently one of the chief costs in rugs so produced is in the manufacture.

My invention particularly comprehends. -'miniature rug representations of fullrsize rugs, which maybe given away as advertisements. In accordance with my inven tion, a sheet .of plainwoven fabric is employed which corresponds in general texture and appearance'to a rug, and on one side of this is printed a lurality of miniature de-- signs of a rugin the correct proportionsand colors, and demarcated by suitable marginal spaces. The sheet is then separated into a plurality of individual rug representationsby severing the sheet along the middle lines of the-marginal spaces, and preferably a strip of fringe is fastened to the ends of "each individualarticle. Anew article which may be termed a miniature imitation rug is thereby roduced.

' I' shal now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and shall thereafter point out my invention in a claim.

Figure 1', 1s a plan of a sheet-of fabric rated from-each other by longitudinal and transverse marginal spaces 2 of the width of the borders 'of two adjacent miniature rugs. 1. The sheet is then out along the middld lines of the marginal spaces 2, as indi-' cated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, into sixteen individual miniature rugs 1, and the articles are completed by sticking or otherwise securing a strip of fringe 3 upon each end of the miniature rugs so formed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be understood that the sheets of fabric maybe of any convenient width or length depending upon the size of the printing press employed and upon other considerations. The advertising articles may be turned out by this process in great numbers and with great rapidity and at inconsiderable cost. The articles may be used in various ways by way of advertisement, as by includlng one In each package of some com modity which is to be advertised, such asa package of tobacco.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction shown and above particularly described within the principle and scope of my invent-ion as claimed. I claim ,As anew articleof manufacture for advertising' purposes, a miniature imitation rug comprising a plain unfigured woven fabric corresponding in general texture and appearance to a rug and having printed thereon arug representation in the simulated colors and design. v In testimony whereof,'I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- BENJAMIN COHEN.

. Witnesses:

WM. GEORGE GEBHARDT, SAMUEL MILnER. 

